Police arrest man who climbed high tension pole to demand Tinubu’s resignation

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a man who climbed a 33KV high-tension electricity pole to demand the resignation of President Bola Tinubu.

The incident occurred in Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
While he remained up the pole, he insisted that Tinubu must resign before he would come down.

Report said that the incident happened between the morning of Friday, September 27, and the evening of Saturday, September 28.

SP Suleiman Nguruje, the state Police Public Relations Officer, said the man, whose name was yet to be revealed, was rescued on Saturday night and taken into Police custody in Yola, the state capital.

“The Command is going to parade the man today (Monday) for attempting suicide,” Nguroje said, adding that attempting suicide is a criminal offence under Nigeria’s constitution.

“We are going to charge him to court,” Nguroje asserted.

He added that the Police has a duty to protect lives and property and that when any individual attempts to take his life, the individual has to be made to face the law.

Information has it that the man had on Friday morning, the market day of Mayo Belwa, climbed the 33KV high-tension pole along the Yola-Jalingo highway, insisting on Tinubu’s resignation.

The state Police Command had to get some locals to persuade him to descend from the pole. They were able to convince him to come down on Saturday night.